Analysis: Sacramento - Indiana, odds and tips

We will once more visit the Arco Arena in Sacramento where the local club will host Indiana Pacers on Wednesday evening.

Classification and team condition:

Sacramento (4-10) at home (3-3). Until now the Kings have been holding the 14th place in the West without a prospect for play-off. Indiana has had a better start of the season for several years. Pacers (9-3) are at the 4th place in the East with a huge chance for play-off.

Potential and team situation:
The main aim of Sacramento is to calmly reach the end of the season. Nobody among the club owners has set impossible goals for realization in the form of an advance to play-off. Maluf family to which the major stock of shares belongs is at the stage of team creation. Only 4 players are left from the previous lineup headed by D. Cousins. It seems that only three out of 8 new players will be able to justify the expectations of the coach Paul Westphal. T. Evans and M. Tornton are represented very reputably on the positions 1 and 2 and the Kentucky university student, the heavy forward C. Hayes is very helpful. The biggest problem of Kings undoubtedly is the substitutes' bench.
We can tell only pleasant things about the team from Indianapolis in the season of 2011/12. Pacers are the biggest league sensation at the moment. Attention should also be paid to the fact that Frank Vogel’s team loses only to strong teams if loses at all (Miami, 76ers). The only misfortune was the match against Detroit. Last week can be enlisted to very successful ones by Granger and co; except for the defeat from Philadelphia they got the victory over Hawks, Raptors and Seltics, more powerful teams than Sacramento.

History of meetings:
In the last years Indiana was more often losing against Sacramento at home than in away matches. Away matches of four previous seasons were 3 wins of Pacers (105:111, 109:117, 98:107) and one defeat (110-105).

Tips and justification:
Indiana can be to some extent the example of impersonation of the owners of Sacramento. Not in a revolutionary way but by small steps. Pacers have been playing with a similar lineup for several years; their advantage is harmonicity what can be seen in their gaming, the so called swing. The guests have more individualities and important reserve players and are in a better form. Statisticians also point to Pacers.

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